Have you ever wondered how today’s economy would be if railroads did not exist. How would we get our goods across the country in an efficient way, how much work would be put in without a railroad to carry several goods at once to a destination. With the invention of rail lines across the country many items could be delivered in a much shorter time, also resulting in a much effective economy.
Railways began developing in the seventeenth century in England to reduce friction from heavily loaded vehicles. The “gravity road” in North America was built in 1764 for use by the military at Niagara portage in Lewiston, New York. Capt. John Montressor, a British engineer was the builder, he was known as a mapmaker. On Boston’s Beacon Hill, in 1795, the pioneering railroads in North America became a part of the British development of railways
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In 1835, several local railroad networks had been placed. In 1850, more than 9,000 of track had been lain. A classic locomotive was the model for all subsequent trains. Companies began to cooperate to increase profits and shorten expidentures.
The trend of conglomeration began from the cooperation of companies and lasted through the nineteenth century. In 1850, the New York Central Railroad company was created by the combining of several small railroads between the Hudson River and Buffalo. From 1851 to 1857, the federal government gave Illinois land grants to build the Illinois Central Railroad.
In 1860, The First Transcontinental Railroad in North America was constructed. It connected from the east coast to the west coast. The main line was finished on May 10, 1869, The number of people traveling on the line, along with the different routes set America to a path of economic abundance. It altered the environment, as well as ended the Native Americans old way of